Cybersecurity Analyst Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Cybersecurity Analyst
England > North of England

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 172 187
Rank change year-on-year -17 +15 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 7 1 16
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.17% 0.024% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.026% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 5
10th Percentile £506 - £340
25th Percentile £510 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.76%
75th Percentile £546 - £600
90th Percentile £585 - -
England median daily rate £520 £550 £506
% change year-on-year -5.45% +8.64% -3.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 3,852 3,815 4,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 92.28% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,548 2,086 3,209
10th Percentile £220 £263 £263
25th Percentile £370 £392 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.87% -2.75% -
75th Percentile £569 £575 £600
90th Percentile £671 £650 £675
England median daily rate £512 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.48% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 233 219
10th Percentile £13.73 £15.25 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.71 £18.00 £17.74
Median hourly rate £23.57 £32.50 £27.20
Median % change year-on-year -27.49% +19.49% +29.00%
75th Percentile £47.78 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.79 £70.00 £62.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +67.93%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancy trend in the North of England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire - 5 £520 - 3
North West -15 2 £525 - 7
Cybersecurity Analyst
England

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, Cybersecurity Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) NIST
2 4 (57.14%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (57.14%) Security Operations
2 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (42.86%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (42.86%) Process Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (28.57%) AWS
4 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
4 2 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (28.57%) Confluence
4 2 (28.57%) Firewall
4 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) GCIA
4 2 (28.57%) GCIH
4 2 (28.57%) GCP
4 2 (28.57%) GIAC
4 2 (28.57%) Identity Management
4 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (28.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
4 2 (28.57%) NIST 800
4 2 (28.57%) OCI

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) GCP
1 2 (28.57%) OCI
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (57.14%) Security Operations
2 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (42.86%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (42.86%) Process Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Identity Management
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 2 (28.57%) Privileged Access Management
4 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) SIEM
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Use Case
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (28.57%) GCIA
1 2 (28.57%) GCIH
1 2 (28.57%) GIAC
1 2 (28.57%) SSCP
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) NIST
2 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) NIST 800
2 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) Rapid7